What is the postal code of Lengnau?

The postal code of Lengnau is 2543.

What is the tax rate in Lengnau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lengnau is 149% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lengnau?

A single person without children pays about 16'204 CHF income tax in Lengnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 32 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lengnau have?

Lengnau has 5'808 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lengnau?

Lengnau has 1'768 foreign residents, a share of 30.44% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Lengnau

2543

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'864 49.3%

Men

2'944 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'182 20.4%

Swiss citizens

4'040 69.6%

Foreign residents

1'768 30.4%

Population density

784 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'182 · 20.4%20–64 · 3'314 · 57.1%65+ · 1'312 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 30.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +10 (+0.2%) · 54 births · 46 deaths · net migration −1

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Lengnau

BFS

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

59.6% YesNo 40.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

38.1% YesNo 61.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

22.4% YesNo 77.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 73.5% Yes

71.9% YesNo 28.1%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.6% · strongest party

SVP39.6%

SP20.8%

FDP9.8%

Mitte8.3%

GLP7.2%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier149%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

149%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 34 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'204 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 32 of 334 in the canton · 1388 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 17'048 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 14'255 CHF · most expensive Schelten 18'510 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'204 CHF(~16.2%)

LengnauCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lengnau	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'138 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'197 m

Mean elevation

555 m

Relief

773 m

Mean slope

6.9°

Flat share

59.9%

South-facing

28.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 773 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

38.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

51.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'500

Per inhabitant

6'586 kWh/yr

38 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

31.83 Rp./kWh

Energy

13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.83 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

31.83 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Lengnau, Finanzverwaltung, Elektrizität-, Wasser-, Abwasser-, Abfallentsorgung

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Lengnau →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Bern. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Bern (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.18 %

Second homes

11.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

2'895

Built before 194616.4%

Built since 200120.9%

2.18 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

1'876

Workplaces

277

Services share

55.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 32 (1.7%) · Secondary 799 (42.6%) · Tertiary 1'045 (55.7%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

30 %

Farmland

217 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 69 min · Car 50 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 134/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number387

Websitelengnau.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lengnau ranks

Largest municipalities5'808 #33 BE · #358 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #179 BE · #1308 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #155 BE · #798 CH Jobs per resident0.32 #193 BE · #1169 CH Families & children20.4% #106 BE · #991 CH Age structure22.6% #197 BE · #739 CH Women share49.3% #252 BE · #1359 CH Foreign residents30.4% #10 BE · #295 CH Population density784/km² #33 BE · #310 CH Tax burden16'204 #34 BE · #1390 CH Taxes149% #34 BE Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #45 BE · #684 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #305 BE · #1711 CH Rainiest municipalities1'138 mm #173 BE · #877 CH Voter turnout45.1% #307 BE · #2005 CH Against Switzerland15% #117 BE · #911 CH Aligned with Switzerland85% #82 BE · #509 CH SVP strongholds39.6% #203 BE · #683 CH SP strongholds20.8% #49 BE · #403 CH Centre strongholds8.3% #159 BE · #1402 CH FDP strongholds9.8% #47 BE · #1416 CH GLP strongholds7.2% #176 BE · #709 CH Green strongholds5.2% #231 BE · #1508 CH Largest by area7.4 km² #184 BE · #1205 CH Highest municipalities445 m #304 BE · #1567 CH Second homes11.5% #179 BE · #975 CH Organic farming30% #31 BE · #329 CH Best-connected municipalities69 min #197 BE · #1044 CH Remotest municipalities69 min #134 BE · #1046 CH Highest peaks1'197 m #104 BE · #610 CH Highest-lying municipalities555 m #222 BE · #1189 CH Greatest vertical range773 m #68 BE · #517 CH Steepest municipalities6.9° #199 BE · #1251 CH Solar potential38 GWh #66 BE · #497 CH Solar potential per capita6'586 kWh #306 BE · #1744 CH Cheapest electricity31.83 Rp./kWh #309 BE · #1991 CH Most expensive electricity31.83 Rp./kWh #25 BE · #116 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2543

Lengnau BE

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Lengnau BE2543

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lengnau?: The postal code of Lengnau is 2543.
What is the tax rate in Lengnau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lengnau is 149% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lengnau?: A single person without children pays about 16'204 CHF income tax in Lengnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 32 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lengnau have?: Lengnau has 5'808 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lengnau?: Lengnau has 1'768 foreign residents, a share of 30.44% (2025).

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